Up Close & Personal: Joe Rotolo

Custom clothier Luca Falcone on Magazine Street takes fashion to a whole new level. While living and working overseas, local-born businessman Joe Rotolo was exposed to the luxury and comfort of a custom tailored suit and never looked back. Although he worked as an International Medical Consultant, Rotolo took a […]

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Shakes, Sodas & Floats

Some of the most vivid images of 1940’s and 50’s Americana are located inside soda shops or ice cream parlors. Just picture it…girls in long poodle skirts and pony-tails sitting at the counter on red-vinyl stools, laughing with friends over a frothy, root beer float. There are huge glass jars […]

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Mia Calamia at La Divina Gelateria

“It’s much easier to get people to come over if you make food.” Houston born and New Orleans bred Chef Mia Calamia discovered quickly that her yen for cooking was driven by the desire to entertain. Although she spends her days busily preparing delectable gelato, brilliant panini and soul-warming soups […]

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Pigskin Fantasy

You read the title and thought, “This article is going to be about football,” didn’t you? What with the culminations of the annual gridiron pastime fast approaching, media all over the country are talking about it, so why wouldn’t we? Superbowl XLVII will actually be in New Orleans, after all. […]

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Seriously stuffed baked potatoes

Although it might sound crass, folks down here in New Orleans really love to stuff delicious things with other delicious things. Case in point: the Turducken. A turkey is stuffed with a duck that’s stuffed with a chicken that’s then stuffed with…well…stuffing. We stuff crab, shrimp, mirliton, bell peppers, pork […]

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Better to have loved lost bread…by Kim Ranjbar Call it pain perdu or French toast, its still delicious to me. Down here in New Orleans, we use both names for that crispy, moist, eggy, sweet concoction and we have more ways of preparing it than there are ways to sing […]

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Merri-mint

What is it about the wintery, holiday season that makes folks want to eat mint? Isn’t it cold enough already? It’s like we can’t get enough of shivering on the outside, we have to freeze on the inside, too. Whether it be peppermint candy canes, mint hot chocolate or even […]

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Gobble, gobble

After November 22nd, you’re going to have more turkey than you know what to do with. Your meals will be a parade of dishes like turkey salad, turkey soup, turkey-a-la-king, turkey casserole and yes, even turkey sandwiches. About a week after Thanksgiving, you’ll be wishing that you never have to […]

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